Anchoring device for posts for fences, guard-rails, tents etc.

Abstract

An anchoring device for fence posts, guard-rails, tents, garden greenhouses and the like includes a sleeve which is fluted on its inner side and provided at its bottom with two intersecting arms forming a stop device for the bottom end of the post upon insertion into the sleeve. Furthermore, the sleeve has at its bottom end a cylindrical wall formed with downwardly facing serrations to facilitate rotation of the sleeve into the ground. An anchoring member detachably fixed in the sleeve is bored into the ground for anchoring the anchoring device together with said cylindrical wall.

I claim: 
     
       1. An anchoring device for a post, comprising: an elongated anchoring member having a crosspiece at a top end thereof;   sleeve means for receiving a lower end of the post to be anchored, said sleeve means being fluted on an inner portion thereof;   said sleeve means including two intersecting arms forming a barrier to prevent insertion of the post into said sleeve past said barrier; and   cylindrical wall means, fixed to the lower end of said sleeve means, for penetrating the ground and for stabilizing said device, wherein said cylindrical wall means is provided with circumferentially extending serrations and is detachably connected to the crosspiece of said anchoring member;   said anchoring member, said sleeve means, and said cylindrical wall means being adapted to be rotated into the ground.   
     
     
       2. An anchoring device according to claim 1, wherein said sleeve means further includes at least two holders attached to the outer periphery thereof in an opposing relationship, said holders being adapted to accommodate additional means for stablizing said device with respect to the ground. 
     
     
       3. An anchoring device according to claim 1, wherein said elongated anchoring member is exchangeable for adaptation to varying post heights or ground conditions. 
     
     
       4. An anchoring device according to claim 2, wherein said elongated anchoring member is exchangeable for adaptation to varying post heights or ground conditions. 
     
     
       5. An anchoring device according to claim 2, wherein said cylindrical wall means includes two tongues fixedly mounted in an opposing relationship on the inner periphery thereof and define openings such that said crosspiece is rotatable into locking engagement therewith, said crosspiece having downwarldy bent ends engageable with said openings. 
     
     
       6. An anchoring device according to claim 2, wherein said additional means for stabilizing are stabilizing angle irons which are insertable into said at least two holders and locked to said sleeve means by lugs.